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It’s no secret: CIA book looks at fraught relations with Trump – NPR

It’s no secret: CIA book looks at fraught relations with Trump  NPR Trump’s ‘fact-free’ approach caused briefing challenges, CIA report says  The Guardian US intelligence community ‘struggled’ to brief Trump, CIA study says  CNN Trump Never Got Another Classified Intelligence Briefing After Jan.

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Supply Chain Problems Have Small Retailers Gambling on Hoarding

Some independent stores ordered in bulk well in advance, and now are hoping they’re able to sell what they have.

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Prosecutors ask U.S. Supreme Court to review the Bill Cosby case

The prosecutors who brought Cosby to a conviction in 2018 — and then saw him freed earlier this year — are asking the Supreme Court to throw out a state court’s ruling. (Image credit: Michael Abbott/Getty Images)

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Reps. Boebert and Omar spoke after Boebert’s Islamophobic comments. It didn’t go well

The contentious phone call between Reps. Lauren Boebert and Ilhan Omar likely means the controversy will continue. (Image credit: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

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In Honduras Presidential Race, Leftist Candidate Has Big Lead

Xiomara Castro de Zelaya, the wife of a former leftist president deposed by the military 12 years ago, appeared headed for a comfortable victory in the presidential vote.

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U.S. Plans to Improve Bases to Deter China

A review of U.S. military forces and capabilities world-wide doesn’t contain large adjustments as the U.S. tries to take on Beijing, deter Russia and fight terrorism.

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Pentagon to Probe 2019 Syria Airstrike That Killed Women and Children

The inquiry will look at the number of civilians killed and whether the U.S. complied with the laws of war in launching the attack, which the military didn’t publicly acknowledge until this year.

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Omicron Drives Rise in Hospitalizations in South Africa Hot Spot

The variant’s emergence in South Africa has driven a sharp increase in hospitalizations in Gauteng province during the past two weeks, although fewer patients than in previous surges are being treated for severe disease.

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Omicron Variant Prompts Governments to Push Covid-19 Boosters

Israel, the United Arab Emirates and the U.K., all early adopters of the Covid-19 vaccine, are urging their residents to get a booster shot as governments globally consider options to help fend off the coronavirus’s new variant.

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Omicron variant a ’cause for concern, not for panic’, Biden says

The new Omicron variant of COVID-19 is a “cause for concern and not for panic”, Joe Biden has said.

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